A sign at a Microsoft store in New York City on July 26, 2023. (Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times) Microsoft said on Friday that Russian hackers gained access to its corporate systems and stole some emails and documents belonging to the company’s senior executives.
The tech company said in a blog post that its security team detected the intrusion on Jan. 12 and quickly shut it down. The group responsible for the attack was identified as Midnight Blizzard, “the Russian state-sponsored actor also known as Nobelium.”
In late November, the group allegedly used a “password spray attack” to breach a Microsoft platform, according to the company. Hackers use this technique to infiltrate a company’s systems by using the same compromised password against multiple related accounts.
“A very small percentage” of Microsoft corporate accounts were accessed, the company said.The Redmond, Washington-based company said that it is in the process of notifying employees whose email […]
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